Liberty Hose Co. No. 2 - Incident Detail #1184

At the request of Lieutenant 22, Engine 22 was dispatched class 3 to 645 North Second Street for alarm bells sounding in a structure. Engine 22 responded with a crew of six and Chief 22 responded POV. Crews arrived on scene to find a 2?-story structure with multiple audible alarms sounding throughout the building, with what appeared to be heavy moisture on all windows. Lieutenant 22 had contacted the owner by telephone to advise of the situation, and the owner provided the location of keys to open the property. Entering the first floor, the inside temperature was found in excess of 100?F, with no smoke or odors present but a heavy moisture content throughout the interior. The crew unlocked the basement door on side-4 and entered to find the furnace boiling water away, with the safety valve activated, pushing large volumes of hot steam and hot water throughout the basement area. The furnace was shut down, and power to the building was shut off at the panel box. The crew opened up all windows in the property, and set up a fan in the basement doorway to exhaust the hot air to the outside. The owner arrived and the property was turned over to him. The box was placed in service.